In Re Heidnik
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
Following a whirlwind of activity generated out of a warrant of execution,1 we entered a stay and granted a Petition for Review in order to examine, with due reflection and deliberation apart from an ‘emergency’ setting, certain threshold issues2 that are likely to recur in the carrying out of capital sentences. Of particular concern are two issues relating to the mental state of the person subject to the warrant: the person’s “competence to be executed,” and the circumstances in which another person may initiate or pursue litigation contesting the carrying out of the…
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Ford v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- McFarland v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Rees v. PeytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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- Commonwealth v. HaagSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. SamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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